Chelan Washington USA-1939: Man in Red Hat Walking by Lake in Chelan

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationChelan, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Chelan Washington

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Man in Red Hat Walking by Lake in Chelan — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a man in a red hat and dark suit walking along a lakeside path near a wooden dock. The scene captures a tranquil mountain lake surrounded by forested hills, with early 20th-century automobiles and a ferry-style boat visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of personal travel recordings from the era. The man walks past a stone wall and a white clapboard house before approaching the water's edge, offering a glimpse into rural Pacific Northwest life during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610328

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits 1930s Pacific Northwest travel or social history documentaries; editorial home-movie footage showing rural leisure culture near Lake Chelan.
Period detail: Men's wide-brimmed hats, layered outerwear, and work-style overalls are consistent with late-1930s rural Pacific Northwest dress; early color 8mm palette supports the stated 1939 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows a man in a red hat as he walks directly toward the lens, a classic home-movie subject-acknowledgment moment suggesting a personal travel record.
What appears in frame: Group of adults on a forested dirt path, conifer canopy, glimpsed lake water through a tree gap, large dry-stone retaining wall, gravel trail, man in red broad-brimmed hat, light work clothes.
Film character: Warm, faded color palette and visible 8mm grain give the footage period texture; mild overexposure in the background lake gap and dark foreground shadow are characteristic of handheld amateur film.
Edit role: Works as a nostalgia cutaway or travel-memory insert in a 1930s Pacific Northwest sequence; the man walking toward camera provides a natural transition or memory beat.
Historical context: Lake Chelan was a regional tourist destination by the late 1930s; the outdoor group and leisure attire suggest vacation travel consistent with pre-WWII American rural recreation culture.
Research note: Adult faces are visible in multiple frames and may be identifiable; standard editorial rights review is advised before broadcast use, as individuals have not been named or released.
Research search match: Researchers may query 1930s Pacific Northwest home movie, Lake Chelan vintage footage, pre-war Washington State travel film, or Depression-era outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Chelan or Lake Chelan clips from the same reel, then with 1930s Washington State travel footage, then Depression-era Pacific Northwest leisure sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Five or six adults gathered on a conifer-lined dirt path near Lake Chelan, Washington, circa 1939; a figure in a red hat stands at left. — Group of adults pause on a wooded lakeside path, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939.

Adult male in red hat approaches along a rocky gravel path in a forested outdoor setting, consistent with 1930s Pacific Northwest travel footage. — Man in red hat walks toward camera on a rocky path, circa 1939.

Adult male in red broad-brimmed hat and overalls walks a dirt path flanked by a dry-stone wall and dense conifers, circa 1939, Chelan, Washington. — Man in red hat and overalls walks past a stone retaining wall on a wooded trail.

Adult male in red hat faces camera beside a dry-stone wall in a forested Pacific Northwest setting, circa 1939, Chelan, Washington. — Man in red hat faces camera beside a stone wall, forested Pacific Northwest, circa 1939.

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